Garment-fastener.



No. 789,958. PATENTED MAY 16, 1905. -E. K. BASTON.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION 311.111) APR. 25, 1904.

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Patented May 16, 1905.

PATENT Orrrcn.

EPHRAIM K. BASTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,958, dated May 16,1905.

Application filed April 25, 1904. Serial No. 204,919.

To (all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM K. BASTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners;andl do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fasteners for garments, such as the fastenerswhich are attached to braces or suspenders for engaging with the topportions of drawers, hose, stockings, &c.; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the fastener. Fig. 2 is aside view of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through thefastener, showingit opened. Fig. 4: is a rear view of the fastener. Fig.5 is a detail view of the back plate, showing the notches i. .Fig. 6 isa side view of the fastener .provided with the link and notches. Fig. 7is a detail view of the link J.

A is the back plate of the fastener provided with ahook B at its lowerpart. In the rear part of the hook there is a longitudinal slot Z),which has a series of teeth or projections 7) formed on its lower edge.Above the hook a spring-tang C is partially punched out of the metal ofthe back plate, or any other spring may be used, and this tang or springprojects upwardly and forwardly over the said hook B. About level withthe top of the spring-tang two lugs D are provided at the sides of theback plate, and these lugs project forwardly. E indicates fastening barsor other approved fastening devices at the top of the back plate forengaging with a band 6. This band is ordinarily secured to thesuspenders or to any approved portion of the garments.

F is a link provided with pivots f at its upper part, which are pivotedin holes in the lugs D, and f is a block or projection for thespring-tang C to bear against.

G is a locking-lever provided with side lugs g, which are pivoted onpivots g, which project laterally from the lower part of the link F.This locking-lever has a downwardly and rearwardly projectingspring-tang or spring 7b, which is partially punched out of it, and thistang or spring bears against the bottom part of the said link.

When the parts arein the positions shown in Fig. 3, a fold or otherportion of a garment to be supported is placed in the hook, and the linkand the locking-lever are then pressed to the positions shown in Fig. 2.The bottom edge of the locking-lever presses the material past theserrated edge of the slot B and into the bottom part of the hook, andthe garment is securely fastened because the lower pivots g are nearerthe back plate than the upper pivots f and the point of the hook, andthe garment is held in a kind of toggle.

In place of the ordinary fastening-bars E I prefer to bend the top edgeI of the back plate rearwardly and form notches '11 in its sides. J is awire link which is clasped around the back plate in the said notches andwhich forms a bar at the front of the back plate, which affords asuitable fastening for the band.

What I claim is 1. In a garment-fastener, the combination, with a backplate provided with a hook at one end, a fastening device at the otherend, and forwardly-projecting lugs at its side edges between the saidhook and fastening device; of a link pivoted between the said lugs, aspring which normally presses one end portion of the said link away fromthe said back plate, and a fastening-lever pivoted to one end of thesaid link and arranged with its lower edge in operative relation to thesaid hook.

2. In a garment-fastener, the combination, with a back plate providedwith a hook at one end and having a slot and a serrated edge in thercarpart of the said hook, of a link pivoted to the upper part of the backplate, and a fastening-lever pivoted to the lower part of the said linkand arranged with its lower edge in operative relation to the said hook.

3. In a garment-fastener, the combination, with a back plate providedwith a hook at one end and a tang, of a link pivoted to the upper partof the said back plate and engaging with the said tang, and afastening-lever pivoted to the lower part of the said link and providedWith a tang which bears against the said link, the lower edge of thesaid lever being arranged in operative relation to the said hook.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

EPHRAIM K. BASTON.

Witnesses:

ALICE J. MURRAY, H. F. DAGGETT.

